LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 21st of April, 1957, the Wallasey police reported that a rubber dinghy was being swept out to sea one mile off Harrison Drive. The life-boat coxswain and motor mechanic went to the drive...
None (1)
Dunmorc East, Co. Waterford. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of April, 1958, the owner of a local hotel told the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen over the cliffs at Portally while shooting seals and was lying...
Middlesex Trader
INJURED MAN TAKEN OFF MOTOR VESSEL Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At 4.30 on the morning of the 16th May, 1963, a message was received from the motor vessel Middlesex Trader of London, on passage from Montreal to Gdynia, stating that she was off...
A Boat (2)
SCALED THE CLIFFS At 4.40 p.m. on 8th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat which had left Laxey at n a.m. was missing, with two adults and two children on board. There was a moderate sea with a...
Hazelwood II
INJURED MAN ON ISLAND Poole, Dorset. At 3.16 a.m. on 29th January, 1965 the police informed the honorary secretary that the Warden of Brownsea Island had informed them that a man with head injuries and practically unconscious had landed on...
Fidra
CRUISER ADRIFT Selsey, Sussex. At 2.5 p.m. on I4th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a German vessel had given fuel, and a course for Portsmouth, to the crew of the motor cruiser Fidra twenty-one miles south of...
A Motor Boat (1)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 7.43 p.m. on 4th July, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat with two men on board was overdue and that further inquiries were being made. In the meantime the coxswain and...
None (5)
St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 8.40 a.m. on 27th September, 1965, the coxswain received a message from Trinity House asking if he would take off a badly burnt man from the South Bishop lighthouse in his own boat. On reaching the...
Madre-de-Cristo
Baltimore, Co. Cork - At 4 p.m. on 9th November, 1966, news was received that a member of the crew of the Spanish trawler Madre-de-Cristo had been badly injured, and it was requested that the life-boat meet the trawler at about 7 o'clock...
A Boat (1)
Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 1.18 p.m. on ist January, 1967, the coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary that a small boat appeared to be in distress and that coastguards were going to Vicar's Point to investigate. The...